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Phrasal Verbs as
IdiomsTransitive, Inseparable
Remember that some prepositions cannot be separated because they
are required by certain verbs for a specific meaning. If these words
were to be separated, it would change the idiomatic meaning of the
phrase.
For Example:
1. Although Jason has been very ill this year and has missed a lot
of school, he does not want to drop out of school.
** For this sentence to keep its idiomatic meaning, to quit school,
the phrase cannot be separated.
The following chart is a brief list of transitive, inseparable phrases
and several of their meanings. By no means is this a complete list.
Verb
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Meaning(s)
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| back out of |
to desert, fail to keep a promise, to move out of something
backwards |
| come across |
find accidentally, to be perceived as a particular type of person
by other people |
| drop out of |
to resign from or cease being a member of something, to let
someone or something fall out of out something |
| see to |
arrange, supervise, to tend to or care for someone or something |
| stand up for |
support, demand |
| take after |
to behave in the same way as someone else, resemble |
| talk back to |
answer impolitely |
| turn into |
become, to change into someone or something |
| wait up |
to slow down and pause for someone or something to catch up,
to delay going to bed while waiting for someone or something |
| watch out for |
be careful for, to keep looking for someone or something |
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